Social media has turned traditional Japanese matcha into a commercial trend, though its roots lie in Zen Buddhism. A scholar of premodern Japanese literature unpacks that history.

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After embracing Islam, Japanese artist Şule Shinku Shirakawa moved from Tokyo to Istanbul, where she studies at Mimar Sinan ...

A case thrown out by two lower courts was resurrected under a new legal standard that strips minority believers of basic ...

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday reportedly visited Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Prefecture, an act that quickly ...

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Bursting with colour, edged with mountainous cliffs and nestled between Japan and Korean sits a sacred island.

In 2026, Japan’s fragmented Diet will have less room to govern as economic pressures, demographic decline and regional uncertainties sharpen policy trade-offs ...